New Federal Court
Filing Says Cross Border Trucking Stay Request
Lacks Merit
[Posted 9/04/07]
In
response to an emergency stay request filed by
Teamsters and others to stop a cross border trucking
program with Mexico, the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) is asserting that the request
lacks merit. The trucking program, previously
mentioned in this column at
http://www.systoc.com/newscomments/news/May2007/MexTrucks.asp,
would allow a limited number of Mexican trucks that
comply with all applicable US laws and regulations
to operate long-haul routes within the United
States.
According to documents filed with the US Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of the
government, the emergency motion is “notable for
the complete absence of any assertion of immediate
and irreparable injury,” and that the court should
not issue a stay due to this deficiency.
The filing adds that the Department’s cross border
truck demonstration program will have no impact on
safety, given the thorough pre-screening and safety
inspections that every truck from Mexico will have
to endure before being allowed to travel into the
United States and beyond the existing commercial
border zones, and that during the year-long program
no more than 100 carriers will be authorized to
participate.
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